policy, disease & medicine

The number of measles cases this year is already more than all of the cases reported in 2018.

The federal government cautions that the drug can affect brain development in both teens and fetuses.

Stop Animal Exploitation Now issues a federal complaint against Johns Hopkins scientists, saying they messed up surgeries on nine animals.

Recent reports of babies born with opioid withdrawal symptoms after their mothers used kratom during pregnancy have generated much concern about the medicinal herb.

The current outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has been going on for nearly a year, and the new status could bring in more funding and assistance.

Just half of respondents in Eastern Europe agree that vaccines are safe.

The Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence were established in 2005 through several phases of funding, which are reported to end next year.

More than 1,100 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo that started in August 2018.

The agency also shares preliminary results of an Ebola vaccine trial showing that it is 97.5 percent effective at protecting from infection.

Warning letters and lawsuits attempt to regulate an industry providing treatments that may have serious health risks.

Most people who contracted the disease were unvaccinated and some state legislatures are now considering whether to curtail nonmedical vaccine exemptions.

The advisors’ recommendations follow news of ethically dubious gene-editing work carried out by He Jiankui late last year.

The nasal spray to ease intractable depression appears on the US market after decades without novel antidepressant treatments.

Public health care will take a hit however Britain leaves the European Union, but a no-deal exit will cause the most harm, a new analysis shows.

The agency warns that plasma treatments costing thousands of dollars, which supposedly treat the infirmities of old age, have not been proven “safe or effective.”

The World Health Organization reports that a number of countries are experiencing “sizeable” numbers of the infection due to a failure to vaccinate.

The agency sends warning letters to makers of products that claim to prevent or treat Alzheimer’s and other diseases, and announces changes to its enforcement practices.

Donald Trump announced a plan to drastically cut HIV transmission by 2030, but some scientists and nonprofits aren’t sure the administration will follow through.

Most of the 34 patients are under 10 years old, and almost all have been confirmed as unvaccinated against the virus.